Occupational eosinophilic bronchitis without asthma due to chloramine exposure

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 396-398

  Krakowiak, Anna M ^a   Dudek, Wojtek ^a   Ruta, Urszula ^a   Palczynski, Cezary ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chloramine; Induced sputum; Occupational eosinophilic bronchitis

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; BUDESONIDE; CHLORAMINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DISINFECTANTS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23844473394     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi054     Document Type: Article

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